Feluga, Queensland


Feluga is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Feluga is in the valley of the Tully River with a high rainfall. The locality grows sugarcane.
The Bruce Highway is the eastern boundary of the locality. The North Coast railway line runs parallel and immediately west of the highway but there are no railway stations serving the locality. There is a network of cane tramways to deliver sugarcane to the sugar mill in Tully.

History

The locality was established as a railway station as the North Coast Railway Line was being built in the 1920s which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 25 November 1921, although rails were not actually laid to the station location until late 1922. The name is believed to be corrupted version of a Palestinian place name El Faluje, a town which was occupied by Australian Light Horse troops on 10 November 1917.
In mid-1923 an honorary Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade centre was established at Feluga, and by October 1923 the railway station itself and a stationmaster's residence were still under construction with the surrounding area consisting of thick undeveloped scrub. In December 1923 the railway line up to Feluga was officially opened, and by January 1924 there was significant passenger traffic between Feluga and Innisfail.
Feluga Provisional School opened on 7 February 1927, becoming Feluga State School.

Education

Feluga State School is a government co-educational primary school in Feluga Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 32 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff.